Door hanger and track construction.



J. W. RUMSEY.

DOOR HANGER AND TRACK CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.17, 1910.

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JAMES W. RUMSEY, OF CHI'CAGO, ILLIN 01S, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T ALVIN 'W'.4 BAKER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR HANGER AND TRACK CNSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22,1912.

Application filed November 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,917.

The invention relates to car doors, and

more specifically to` means for mounting edgewise movable doors.'

The object of the'invention is .to provide supporting means for car doors of the kind described, which shall be 'of simple' and inexpensive construction. shall be reliable in operation, and shall effectively `seal the car opening at the top Vof the door and thereby.

protect the contents of the Weather.

Vrlie intention contemplates a continuation of the :ar door upwardly beyond the door opening and between the parts of a coveredsupporting track applied to the car body above the top of the door opening. 1 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 car from the is aperspective view showing acar door mounted in accordance with the invention,

some of the parts being broken away; Fig.

2 is a central-transverse sectional view showing the car door and its mounting; and Figs.

, 3 ande are perspective views Y is designated ,12, the

fend for enabling covered t-vr'ackway for receivingthe top lof fthe car-.door and for providing a track 29 "for the rollers 16, upon the front side of the door', is preferably illustrating details ofthe construction. i

The drawings show details of the body 10 of a railway freight car having the usual side'openirig 11. The side wall of the car roof 13, and the eaves le. An eaves facia strip is `shown at 15. A plurality of rollers 16 are" provided upon each side of the'door 17 adjacent its upper it to rlin upon a track. A

formed by applying a channeled plate 18 thev side wall'12 of the car above the door opening 11 andv under the eaves 14. This pla-tesis Vpreferably provided with ian up-u standing Vertical flange 19 which underlies the eaves fasi-a Strip 15 and thereby prevents moisture .troni finding its way to the door opening'and thence into the car, between the plate 18, the

obf stout sheet metal to' 'sides of the tslot may be plate 18 and the side wall of the angle plate comprising a vertical flange 20 and a horizontal flange 28 `is applied tothe side wall ofthe car. For'convenience ,in

manufacture this angle plate may bel at first formed integral with the channeled lower ledge 22 of'such plate being then divided for substantially its entire lengthv by the formation of a slot, in the manner most clearly shown at 23, Fig. 4, thereby leaving the unseparated portion of the lower horizontal ledge 22 of the channeled'plate 18 shorter than the upper horizontal ledge of such plate.

Preferably a" shoulder, as 26, 27, extends along each side of the door 17 over the corresponding rail 28, 29, of the track, to prevent rain from beating up into the space 25 through the slot 23. As shown, the slot 23 is of less width than the thickness of the door, and the ,shoulders 26, 27, are formed by gaining out the sides of the door in line with the rails 28,29, as indicated at 30 and 31.

To provide journals for the rollers 1.6, tubular bushings 34 arel set through the door at intervals along its upper edge, andpins,

Y as 35, of suicient length to project beyond they door at each side, are set into the bushings. As Inostclearly shown in Fig. 3 vof the drawings, the tubular bushings `34 have their ends 36 flanged over upon the sides of the door. place and assist-in binding the layers of the door together. The pins 35 preferably have a drive ft within the tubular bushingsl 34, and the rollers 16 turn freely upon their project-ing ends.'

As the top of the door 17 is shown tov be of greater' thickness than the width of the slot 23, it is necessary for the slot 23 tol be open at one e-nd in-order that the door may be applied to .the car. Preferably -when the door has once been applied, the open end, as 46, of the slot 23 Vwill be closed by connecting the rails 28, slot, by a strap 47. y A

lhile the cover strip 18 is described as being formed entirely of onepiece having the slot 23 out therein, it, is )bvious that rthe two parts of the strip upnn opposite formed 'from sepa- They are thus securely held in` 29, at each side of the rate pieces, and in some cases this may be more convenient. By making the channeled part of the strip only Wide enough to re ceive the rollers 16 and top of the door, no filling material is required to prevent it from being accidentally distorted, and the inside face of its upper horizontal ledge provides a rolling surface for the rollers 16, if the door should become raised from its seat.

The manner of guidedly securing the lower margin of the door shown and de.

opening and having an offset vertical iange depending in front of the door for its entire Width7 a rail extending horizont-ally along the inner face ot' the said depending flange below the top of the door, a second rail extending along the Wall of the car body above the said opening, trunnions projecting from opposite sides of the door, and a roller mounted on each of the said trunnions ru ning on the respective rails. A

2. In combination with a car body. having an opening in a vertical wall thereof, a door mounted to be,l moved over/the opening in ineine;

front of the plane of the said vertical Wall vof thecar lQdy, a combined'track and hood consisting o a plate secured to the said vertical Wall of the car body above the said opening and having an offset vertical flange depending in iront of the door for its en* tire Width, a rail extending horizontally along the inner face of the said depending flange below the top of the door, a second rail extending along the Wall of the car body in horizontal alinement. with the firstnamed rail, a pin set through the door and projecting therefrom upon opposite sides ot vthe door, and rollers rotatably mounted on opposite ends of said pin and runningon said rails.

3. In combination with a car body having an opening in a vertical wall thereof, a door ;l f

mounted to be moved over the opening in front of the plane of the said vertical wall ,l

of the car body, a combined track and hood consisting of a plate secured t5 thesaid vertical Wall of the car body above the said opening and having an offset vertical Hang-e150 depending in front of the door fonits ent-ire Width, a rail extending horizontally along the inner face of the said depending flange below the top of the door, an outwardly Re@ jecting shoulder-extending across the face of the door and overlying the said rail, and a roller mounted on the door and running on the rail.

. -JAMES W. RUMSEY. l.

litnessee: v

CHARLES B. GLLsoN, E. M, KLA'roietnR.v

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